Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Divination by means of the heads or the entrails of fishes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
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- noun
Divination interpreting the appearance and behaviour offish . A form ofaugury . - noun
Divination interpreting theentrails offish . A form ofaruspicy .
Etymologies
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ichthyo- + -mancy, from Ancient Greek ichthyo- stem from ichthys, a "fish".
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Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
July 16, 2008